[7 months] First taste

Lara has been on pureed food for about a month, starting with one single vegetable once a day to now a variety of vegetables twice a day. She's eating well and loves her food just like her Mummy does. The vegetable and fruit she has tried so far are:
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Carrot, Sweet potato, Pumpkin, Broccoli, Green Bean, Peas, Swede, Apple

On the list to try next:
Zucchini, Cauliflower, Beetroot, Pear, Potato
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Carrot was the very first vegetable Lara tried followed by sweet potato. The early childhood nurse and friends have warned us about the possibility of baby rejecting first solid, so I kind of expected lots of spitting but it never happened. Lara did not resist the carrot puree at all probably because it was sweet. It did take her a couple of tries though to learn how to swallow properly - at first she would open her mouth wide to get more food but her tongue would push food out against her will.

The weaning book a friend lent us says to introduce potato last as some babies can be intolerant of it thus making feeding difficult. The book also suggests each vegetable be fed by itself for a couple of days to make sure there was no adverse reactions.

All the literatures I read suggest introducing vegetable before fruit. Because once babies taste the sweeter fruit purees, it's harder to get them to eat the blander vegetables. I totally agree with this. Lara especially loves the apple puree. She always opened her mouth wide for the apple puree even when she looked like she did not want any more vegetable puree.

I have never cooked swedes at home. Because of Lara, we all got to eat swedes! Of course, Lara had hers boiled with water which I later whized to make puree. We cooked ours in a roast with carrots and potatos, they tasted nice and sweet. I liked them, but Husband was not very keen on them.

I enjoyed making up the purees. They look beautiful like colourful crystals. Can you tell what they are?